Zawya By Wafaa Darifi
Rabat-based Casa Transports has completed 90% ofCasablanca Tramway Line 1 and expects it to become operational in the first quarter of 2013, a senior official told Zawya.
Line 1 is part of an overall 30 km tramway project in Casablanca that is expected to cost USD 974 million, the official said on condition of anonymity. Casa Transports has received 14 cars of 37 needed for the first phase, the official said.
According to the Zawya Projects Monitor, the Casablanca Tramway will include three further lines in the future. Line 1 will be built in three phases. Each phase will involve the construction of a 10 km track and station platforms. Phase 1 will be from Boulevard Mohammed Zefzaf to Sidi Moumen.
